minilaptop410: A good female friend of mine has repeatedly told me that maybe I should start talking to white chicks. Hmmmmm? The truly wise understand …
While the police continued investigating at Union and Third, a couple of blocks to the south on Beale, it was still a party as usual, with a dancing crowd enjoying the band at Handy Park, July 3, 2011
While we had been at the fireworks show on Mud Island, a tragedy was unfolding at the Doubletree Hotel on Union at Third downtown, when a man shot his wife’s ex-husband and a police officer after a domestic disturbance. The police were still investigating as the Memphis Redbirds shot off their fireworks after their game, July 3, 2011
It’s about more than basketball. And I really do believe in Memphis…if we can build a team of people who do, there is nothing our city can’t accomplish.
Never give up on your dreams. I know what it feels like for people around you not to believe in your dreams…keep pushin’ anyway…
9th Wonder (via jayfingers)
Fireworks at Mud Island, Memphis, July 3, 2011
Some advance announcements about San Quinn’s album Can’t Take The Ghetto Out A Ni#@a referred to it as a “street album”, but rarely has a street album been as exquisitely polished as this. From beginning to end, the album overflows with first-class beats and skillful lyrics, from songs with a dirty-south tinge like “It’s Bad Bruh” or the single “Big Bank”, to more traditional Bay Area anthems like “Live Wit Dat Decision”, “They Know Da Business” or the title track “Can’t Take The Ghetto Out A Ni#@a.” Some other well-known Bay Area artists appear on the album as well, including Sac Sin, Nino Black, E-40 and Guce, with tracks from such Bay Area producers as Big D, Cosmo, Flashy Beats, J-Sin and Eklips Da Hustla. While Can’t Take The Ghetto Out A Ni#@a could certainly be considered a street album from a lyrical standpoint, as the songs consistently deal with the realities of ghetto life, the prevailing sound is something far more perfect and lavish, perfect for riding around San Francisco with the top down on a summer’s day.
Fireworks at Mud Island, Memphis, July 3, 2011
After a significant hiatus, Project Pat returns with his new solo album Loud Pack on Hypnotized Minds, sure to please fans of hard-core Memphis rap. Revelling in political incorrectness, Pat raps about robbery, drug dealing, gang-banging and marijuana, but he does it so energetically and over beats so banging with the classic Hypnotized Minds sound and feel that the listener can’t help being exhilarated as all the rules are broken. Stacking paper seems to be the dominant theme of the album, expressed in songs such as “Duffle Bag”, “7 Days A Week”, “Money On My Mind” and the final “Dollar Signs”, which features appearances from Three-6 Mafia and Rick Ross. “I Play Dope Boy” , “Flashin” and indirectly “Niggas So Cut Throat” are songs about robberies and treachery. “Gang Signs” rejoices in the nihilism of gang-banging and bragging about it, but over a powerful beat that makes the whole thing seem fun, while “I Got A Question” is delivered over a track full of Asian musical influences. The only really pimped-out track on Loud Pack is “Kelly Green”, a tribute to the mystic weed personified as a woman, over a soulful, laid-back groove. Production, by DJ Paul and Juicy J, is first-rate throughout, making Loud Pack an album not to be missed.
